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What is EFT and How Can It Help Your Network Marketing Business?

Melodie Kantner — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:13:00 +0000

EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques is a form of psychological acupressure. With EFT you are tapping on various acupuncture meridian points while you focus on a negative issue you would like to change.

About 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered a complex system of energy circuits that run throughout the body. These energy circuits, or meridians, are the centerpiece of
Eastern health practices and form the basis for modern day acupuncture, acupressure and a wide variety of other healing techniques.

With EFT, we are using a tapping technique instead of needles to stimulate traditional Chinese acupuncture points. While tapping various points on the face and body we are also verbalizing the issue followed by a general affirmation phrase.

EFT works on the physical and emotional level. You don’t have to believe it will work in order to get results. Many people have been skeptical when they first tried it.

Here’s a quote from Gary Craig’s EFT Manual:

“The cause of ALL negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system. This includes fears, phobias, anger, grief, anxiety, depression, traumatic memories, PTSD, worry, guilt and all limiting emotions in sports, business and the performing arts. That’s a comprehensive list and covers just about every restrictive emotion we can experience.”

“Differently stated, this means that all these negative emotions have the same cause…. an electrical “zzzzzt” in the body. It also means…they can all be relieved in a
similar manner.”

Everything we experience in our past from childhood on up affects our programming. Some of those experiences were very stressful, maybe even traumatic. The negative experiences around those events become an electrical “zzzzzt” in the body which can become blocks that affect our business and other things we want to do in life.

Here is an example from my life:
When I was 9 years old I was abducted by a stranger. I was able to escape but the event was terrifying. It affected me from that point on. I was afraid to go anywhere alone and I didn’t trust strangers. I have had subconscious protection programming going on that contributed to my not feeling comfortable in visible leadership roles. Actually it was quite a bit more than an uncomfortable feeling.

When I started my my network marketing career 17 years ago, it was in spite of an intense fear of being a leader. At first I didn’t understand why I was so afraid. All I knew is that I knew I had to be a leader if I wanted success in network marketing. I pressed on in spite of the fear.

I didn’t know EFT in the beginning but I was bull headed and would not give up. I knew my WHY and I was determined to be successful. You know how they say your WHY should make you cry? Mine did and STILL DOES!

That childhood memory caused me to be afraid to go anywhere alone, afraid to be visible and afraid to trust strangers. You can imagine how that would cause a lot of limiting beliefs in a business where I have to be a visible leader and talk to strangers.

When I learned EFT things really started shifting. I was able to remove the negative emotions around the abduction attempt and start clearing the layers of protection I have put up. I have even traveled alone, on a plane. Fear of flying is another fear I was able to remove with EFT.

I admit, I am still working on some things but I know I have power in tapping.
The reason I tell you this is because, if I can get through my issues and become a successful network marketing leader, then surely you can too. I have changed so much over the years thanks to personal development and EFT. It’s why I love to help people learn EFT and what Esteem Power Newsletter is all about.

EFT also works nicely removing limiting beliefs and negative emotions around the Law Of Attraction.

Anyway …

Just thought it might help you understand how useful EFT can be for you to release your own emotional blocks and limitations.

This very short video is from the creators of “The Tapping Solution (Try It On Everything).” It features energy and abundance experts such as Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Carol Look, Joe Vitale, Cheryl Richardson and more.

Melodie Kantner

Melodie is the author of EFT For Network Marketers, publisher of Grade A Notes Newsletter (for 13 years), Network Marketing Success for Ordinary People and Esteem Power Newsletter. She has been in the network marketing industry for 17 years, 15 years with one company. Melodie has been teaching EFT to network marketers for about 10 years.

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Why Building A Strong Success Mindset is Crucial

Melodie Kantner — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:48:12 +0000

Personal development is at the root of every successful network marketer. I would be willing to say it is the absolute most important ingredient for success.

Our thinking affects everything. It is crucial that we build our success mindset.

Here is a video I did recently on why we must be ALWAYS improving our success mindset. I have also included an EFT Tapping Session on Belief.

Melodie Kantner

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Three Mistakes That Will Shipwreck Your Network Marketing Business

Melodie Kantner — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:22:28 +0000

Marketing systems, tools and training are important for success in network marketing but the most important success tool is your thinking.

Three mistakes That Can Shipwreck Your Network Marketing Business

1. Not Taking Personal Development and Self-esteem Building Seriously: If you don’t have a love for yourself and a strong self-esteem, you will NOT care enough to do what it takes to build a business that actually earns income. You will not care enough about your dreams to make things happen. This may sound a little funny to some but it’s really important.

Jim Rohn said, “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

Without personal development, you won’t build confidence and self-esteem in yourself and your business. Your prospects will pick up on that.

If you have a love for yourself you will invest in your life plan. Network marketing is an industry that has a high failure rate. That’s not because the business model is bad, it’s because people jump in with dreams of making a lot of money but they don’t realize they need to invest in their success. Investing not only time but money. Yes, I said money! Invest in training books, audios and courses. Things that help you grow your skills, and yes, that includes building self-esteem. As you get more training and skills, your self-esteem and confidence grows.

2. Focusing on the Wrong Things: Fear of failure is one of the big obstacles distributors struggle with. We all deal with it to some degree but we must focus on the right things if we want to get where we want to go. Don’t focus on every temporary setback and bump in the road. Focus on what you want to achieve, the road ahead of you, keeping the goal or your WHY in mind.

Think of it like driving a car and going on vacation at the ocean. When you drive your car anywhere you are looking at the road ahead but you are looking in the distance, not at every bump or pothole in the road. If you spend too much time looking at the bumps and holes on the surface of the road, you can end up missing something really big. You can even end up in a ditch. While you will notice holes and bumps, you aren’t looking at them with full attention. You just notice enough to make corrections in your course, all the while keeping your attention on the goal ahead of you: Your arrival at the ocean and enjoying a wonderful vacation.

Your business is similar. Focus on what you want to achieve in your business and your WHY! Don’t let the bumps along the way derail you.

3. Letting Negative People In Your Life Derail Your Success: This one sort of goes along with the previous one. These negative people can be a bump in the road. Are you going to let them derail your success? This is why it is SUPER IMPORTANT to attend as many network marketing and company events as possible. Some events require us leaving the house but many are available to us through conference calls and webinars. These events keep us going and act like an antidote to the poison of negative people. Negative people can poison our dreams and make us give up.

I’m just like you. I have had to deal with negative people. In the beginning it was a real challenge. My own husband was negative. He didn’t believe we could build a business. Back then I was “spending too much time on the computer.” Today he’s delighted I worked hard on the business. He works with me from home.

I remember one relative telling us to “Quit selling herbs and get a real job.”

We all have negative people in our life. These people love us and they think they are helping but they unknowingly poison our dreams if we let them. We can’t let them do that. Our diligent attention to personal development can help us remain strong and focused on our goals. Hanging around successful people will help offset the negative energy and help keep our vision in view.

Network marketing is an awesome business. Keep moving forward and never give up.

Melodie Kantner

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Is Perfectionism Killing Your Business?

Melodie Kantner — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:09:32 +0000

At first glance perfectionism seems like a good thing. We all want to do things well but in reality perfectionism is killing the progress in many network marketers business.

I hear it all the time. “I can’t start selling the products until I learn more.” I don’t know enough to build a business.” “I don’t know how to be a leader yet.”

I have heard all kinds of reasons why people can’t build their business yet. It is the number one reason people give me as to why they don’t want to start writing a blog. They don’t feel like they know enough so they will wait until they know more.

Funny thing that happens when you wait until you know enough. You never seem to get to that point. There will ALWAYS be more to learn. Our fears can keep us stuck in a state of analysis paralysis. There is no perfect person on the planet! We are all human and we WILL make mistakes.

I love that quote by Joe Schroeder, “You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it GOING!” The way to get anywhere is to start from where you are right now and learn as you go.

Here is the key:

Learn things –> Share what you learned! –> Repeat –> Learn things –> Share!

If you are writing a newsletter or a blog, you can share things you are learning. Share things that will benefit other people. There are many people in need of the things you have learned. Even if you are a brand spanking new distributor, you can start writing a blog.

Writing a blog and building a list is one really powerful way to build your business. It’s absolutely HUGE in importance, especially if you have any plan to do any online marketing.

Once you begin writing your blog, don’t be so worried about getting it perfect. Just get it going.

I know how easily you can get caught up in details and perfectionism. It’s something I have struggled with over the years in my business. When you find yourself stalled because of trying to get things just right, remind yourself of Joe’s words.

“You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it GOING!”

You also may want to try the EFT Tapping Session below to help clear feelings of needing things to be perfect. I love EFT for this kind of thing. It really helps me get back on track. Believe me, I use EFT all the time to deal with stresses of business and life in general. It’s a tool I am grateful someone shared with me and I hope you benefit as much as I have.

EFT Tapping Clip – It Has To Be Perfect

YL Members: I am using Acceptance Oil Blend. See the printable scripts for other options.

Download the Printable Tapping Script: It Has To Be Perfect EFT tapping script

Melodie Kantner

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Have You Heard About The Home Business Radio Network?

Melodie Kantner — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31:04 +0000

Introducing the launch of the Home Business Radio Network. Listening to audios is how I kept myself motivated in the beginning and I still do this almost every day even though I have been in the home business – network marketing industry for over 17 years.

Here are a list of some of the home business leaders hosting programs:

Chris and Josephine Gross – publishers and owners of the Networking Times magazine, known as the “Harvard Business Review” of the home business – network marketing profession.

Zig Ziglar – a legend in the sales and motivation field who got his start in the home business profession speaking and training with Mary Kay consultants.

Nicki and Grace Keohohou – are the founders of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance, which has over 100,000 members, and through their association they travel the world training and equipping women in direct sales.

John Milton Fogg – one of he best known names in the home business profession and is the author of the # 1 best selling book of all time in the network marketing profession- “The Greatest Networker in the World.”

Ray Higdon – the number one earner of one of the fastest growing network marketing companies in the industry. He is also one of the most powerful and successful voices in a New Generation of Leaders in the Home Business profession.

Todd Falcone – With over 20 years of full-time experience in the field of network marketing and direct selling, Todd speaks and trains on the subject of network marketing success and helps people move to a position of achieving Network Marketing Mastery.

Diane Hochman – a powerful leader in the home business profession being one of the very first pioneers in mid 2000 to integrate social media and network marketing.

Troy Dooly – one of the most recognized names and faces in network marketing. He has been working in network marketing for a decade, as well as at the MLM Help Desk for over 5 years.

Terry Petrovick – has been in the home business profession for nearly 20 years, and has succeeded in all aspects of the industry.

Eldon Beard – how to get found online, SEO, blogging, and other topics related to building a successful home business

Paul Cohen – “The Paul Cohen Tools and More Show” – Paul has been in the home business profession for over 25 years, and has built a media empire.

Doug Firebaugh – CEO of PassionFire International as well as President of the Home Business Radio Network. Doug has been in the home business profession for 25 years, and has traveled the world speaking, training and consulting with Presidents, CEOS, and top earners of Home Business companies.

Kristen Darkenwald – “The Kristen Darkenwald Show.” Kristen is a new generation marketer and trainer that has proven herself to be a powerful brand in the online and offline world of home business.

Rachel Henke – “The RachelHenke.com Show” – Rachel lives in the U.K, and is known all over the internet as one of the most sought after trainers in the profession.

That is just a few of the show hosts. Visit the Home Business Radio Network site to get the full list.

Home Business Radio Network is a great resource to help build your business and leadership skills.

Check it out!

Home Business Radio Network Show Schedule

Home Business Radio Network Host Bios

Melodie Kantner

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Are You Prospecting Like a Beggar?

Melodie Kantner — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:35:48 +0000

When we begin our network marketing business we have a picture in mind of where we want to go. For some it is a little extra money to cover the cost of the products or supplement their income. For others, the picture is one of freedom: Freedom of time or freedom financially.

Our excitement over the possibilities can make us a little too eager to convince people to join us. We want them to get inspired like we are. The problem, if we are not careful is that, in our excitement, we can appear like a beggar. To our prospect, it may sound like, “Please, Please, Please join my company with me.”

That is not the message we want to give off in our communication with people. We want to talk to people from a position of confidence and posture.

Let go of the stress about the outcome. Approach conversations about your business or product as though you don’t care whether they join you or not. Remember, Some will, Some Won’t, So What! NEXT!

This is a very important principal in the Law of Attraction. When you are stressed about the outcome and needing people to join and buy products, you actually repel the business you want to attract. You want to project an image people are attracted to. People follow success and strength, not failure and weakness. Communicate from an energy of strength and confidence.

When you seem to play a little hard to get, it can actually cause curiosity and cause people to ask more questions. Here is one particular example that really sticks in my mind:

I was on a shuttle at the Columbus Ohio airport heading from the parking lot toward the place where you check in luggage. I used to be extremely fearful of flying. By the way, I used EFT to remove that fear and actually enjoy flying now.

At the time I was so fearful of flying, all I could focus on was my fear. I had a “Don’t even talk to me” attitude. This guy on the shuttle asked where we were going. I responded in a short no info response, “To a business convention.” He asked what kind of business. I briefly said it was a convention for distributors of therapeutic grade essential oils. The guy started asking questions about essential oils. I answered his questions very briefly, the whole time wishing he would stop talking to me.

Over the years I have noticed a pattern. When I drop a few comments and run, I often have people chasing me with more questions. When I was desperately wanting someone to see why they should join with me, they rarely joined.

There is something that happens to your posture when you aren’t feeling desperate for people to join. It doesn’t matter. Some will and some won’t.

One way to help develop confidence and posture is to build self-esteem. Personal development is of prime importance to professional network marketers. Building your confidence and leadership skills contribute to having a good posture.

Listening to audios and webinars, reading books, attending company events are some ways to build your skills and posture. A great place to start is to be on MyLeadSystemPro’s weekly webinars. They have them every Wednesday night at 9:00 PM EST and they are jam packed with posture building training.

Hanging out with and learning from people who have built a successful network marketing business is the best way to build confidence and posture.

As you are doing the personal development and learning skills that increase posture and confidence, why not do some EFT sessions to enhance the process. Try the EFT session below.

EFT Tapping Clip – I Choose Confidence

YL Members: I am using Valor Oil Blend. See the printable script for other options.

Download the Printable Tapping Script: I Choose Confidence EFT tapping script

What have you found helpful in your own business? Leave a comment and tell me what helps you have more posture.

Melodie Kantner

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